Rafiq A. Tschannen is a Swiss national. He converted to Islam and joined the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community at the age of 16 after reading the German translation of the Holy Qur'an. He worked in 15 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, first as Finance Director in the private industry and later as Chief Executive Officer of NGOs and International Governmental Organizations. He is now devoting his time to The Muslim Times as Editor for Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Switzerland and as Associate Chief Editor.
The Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) is planning to establish a micro-finance bank in the Philippines soon. AGFUND President Prince Talal said this during an exclusive interview with Arab News. He said Filipino expatriates have been working alongside Saudis with sincerity and dedication. Prince Talal pointed out that the […]
By Crispian Balmer and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Hours after Israeli special forces killed Mohammed Assi in a shootout last month in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad both tried to cloak themselves in his legacy. Underscoring their shared Islamist credentials, the two […]
Q. Does the shaitan (satan) know what crosses our minds, which no one knows except Allah, and thus whisper to us what is in accordance with our thoughts? A. Evidence suggests that the shaitan is close to man. Safiyyah bint Huyayy (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated that the […]
Why Did So Many Wanted Nazis Convert To Islam? November 11, 2013 By Giulio Meotti 5 Comments Reprinted fromIsraelNationalNews.com. There are Nazi grafts in Arab-Islamic terrorism. At the top of the most wanted list of the Simon Wiesenthal Center there is a man who today would be one hundred years old. His name is Alois […]
Pakistan’s Private Schools Ban Malala’s Memoir Malala Yousafzai gives a copy of her book “I am Malala”, to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth during a Reception for youth, education and the Commonwealth at Buckingham Palace in London October 18, 2013. Ayaz Gul November 10, 2013 ISLAMABAD — Managers of privately run schools […]
Source: Press Release Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad directly conveys Islam’s peaceful teachings to people of Japan The World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Fifth Khalifa, Hazrat Mirza Masroor […]
Source: Gulf News: Every week, Gulf News will give voice to stakeholders of Dubai to hear their thoughts on what makes Dubai special and why the emirate should host the 2020 World Expo. This week, we speak to Fiona Newson-Smith from the UK who has been living in the UAE […]
Source: Gulf News: Dubai: Tension between Sunni and Shiite Muslims is the biggest threat to world security, Iran’s foreign minister said in comments published on Monday, accusing Sunni Arab countries of “fanning the flames” of sectarian conflict. The increasingly sectarian civil war in Syria has drawn in regional powers with […]
Source: TOI SEOUL: North Korea publicly executed around 80 people earlier this month, many for watchingsmuggled South Korean TV shows, a South Korean newspaper reported on Monday. The conservative JoongAng Ilbo cited a single, unidentified source, but at least one North Korean defector group said it had heard rumours that lent credibility […]
Source: press@amjinternational.org Hazrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad on his second visit to Japan During his current tour of Japan, the World Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat and Fifth Khalifa, […]
The Prince of Wales has paid his respects at the tomb of a Muslim saint and praised restoration work to return the Mumbai shrine to its former glory. Charles, who […]
ČTK | 11 NOVEMBER 2013 Prague, Nov 8 (CTK) – Two Muslim girls left a nursing secondary school in Prague as they were not permitted to wear their hijabs, being the first to have ended their studies for this reason in the Czech Republic, Czech Television (CT) said Friday. CT […]
The Palestinian Minister of Health in Gaza, Dr Mufid Al-Mukhalalati, has warned that frequent power outages could result in a humanitarian catastrophe claiming the lives of Palestinian patients in Gaza. […]
Polio has broken out in Syria and 20 million children are to be vaccinated BY ROBERT FISK, THE INDEPENDENT The Syrian tragedy grows more ferocious by the week. I was shocked to learn this weekend that at least 2,000 Afghans, the poorest of the poor from the harshest country on […]
STORY SUMMARY By Ali Ezzatyar, Goran Sadjadi The Daily Star A new era in Turkey was seemingly born last spring when the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) declared a cease-fire and began withdrawing its guerillas from the country’s borders. In an unprecedented move, the Turkish government formally announced that steps […]
Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan is joining Israel to set the stage for a military strike against Iran over the country’s nuclear program, an analyst says. Not reaching a nuclear deal during the recent Geneva talks reflects “the determination on the part of the Israelis and the […]
DUBAI/GENEVA: President Hassan Rowhani, architect of Iran’s diplomatic opening to world powers, said on Sunday it had “red lines” and would not bow to threats in an apparent bid to […]
RIYADH: ABDUL HANNAN TAGO Published — Monday 11 November 2013 ARABNEWS Prince Talal bin Abdul Aziz has announced that Arab Gulf Program for Development (AGFUND) would donate $100,000 in relief to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the central Philippines. The donation is the first from the Gulf to one […]
Source: Asia Times: Not suicide, but a mercy killing,” Daniel Somers wrote of his own death. It’s a statement at once piercingly sad and honest. War is an industry that makes humans its raw material, a public policy choice that ends lives and destroys the living. Ann Jones cuts past […]